Swing-spout measuring-can



J. A. HOYT.

swme SPOUT wimsunm'e CAN.

APPLICATION FILED 5E8. 8. 1919.

1,330,537. Patented Feb. 10,1920. I

V larly UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BIVES, AND FRANK GARROLL,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JENNIE A. Horna citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Swing-Spout Measuring-Can, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to measuring cans.

such as are used for measuring liquids, being more particularlya measuring canto be used for measuring oils and similar substances. My invention is designed particuto be used in placing oils in the engines of automobiles, the usual procedure in so doing being to fill' the measure from the receptacle holding the oil, after which theoil is carried to the automobile and'the contents of the can poured into the crank case. Ordinarily suchcans are filled to the very top and any'slight jar or unsteadiness in carrying the can causes the oil to slop overzthe sides of the can and drip.

. line. To comply with this requirement and As .these cans are used at filling stations for dispensing oil to the public in some communities ordinances or statutes provide that such cans shall have a single filling to provide a can from which the oil cannot ing the filling line. 95

be easily slopped in carrying the same, I have devised a can having an inwardly curved upper rim, preferably half round in cross-section, the inner edge of the rim being below the top of the can and constitut- The principal object of my invention is to provide a measuring can of simple form and'construction having a swing spout and so constructed at its upper portion that the contents of the can are not easily spilled therefrom. 4

' Referring to the drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only,

Figure .1 1s a side elevation partly in section showing a can embodying a form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 2-2, Fig. 1, the spout being turned into discharging position.

Fig. '3 is aplan view in Fig. 1.

The can or measure 11 is provided with a handle 12-, the lower portion of the can terminating in a foot rim 13 provided in its forward portion with an opening 1 1 beof the can shown Specification of Letters Patent.

[should the oil come up on the JENNIE A. HOYT, or LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR To soo'r'r E'ALLEN, HAL 1);

ALL or LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.-

low the bottom 15 of the can. 16 designates a spout having a horizontally extending portion 17 and a vertical portion 18 which extends upwardly in front of the can and terminates at its upper end in an outwardly extending portion 19.

The" spout 16 is soldered or mounted at itslower end upon a spout sleeve 20 mountedupon a tube 21, the sleeve 20 and tube 21 being slightly 22 serving to keep the tube sleeve in close contact with the tube 21. The tube 21 is provided with an opening 23 arranged to deliver the contents of the can through the spout when the .spout is in the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1. The tube 21 is in open communication at one end with an opening or discharge outlet 2 1, formed in the bottom of the can so that of the contents of the can are drained into. the spout when the spout is in the dotted line position shown-in Fig. is in the full line position shown in Fig. 1

Patented Feb. 10, 1920. Application filed Febr uary s, 1919. Serial No. 275,907.

1. When the spout tapered and'a coiled spring of liquid into the spout.

The upper portion of the can terminates in an inwardly extending rim 25, 1n the form shown, being made of a separate piece of metal secured by solder or in any'suitable manner to the open upper end 26' of the can. The rim 25 is preferably half round in cross-section as shown in Fig. 1, the inner edge 27 being substantially on a line with the top edge 26 of the can and formingor constitutingthe filling line. For example, assuming the measure shown to be a quart measure, when the spout is in full line osition shown in Fig. 1 and the measure led to the edge 27 as indicated, the measure contains one quart.

The can is used in the following manner:

When the can has been filled as above described as is ordinarily done in a filling station, the can is carried to theautomobile with the spout in the full line position shown in Fig. 1. During this carrying operation should the can be held in an-uneven position or j space or chamber 28 within the rim 25, or rim it has the height of the rim from the edge'27. to flow before any of the oil is spilled from the can. When the can is emptied into the automobile it is understood that the spout arred the oil may slop into the is moved downwardly 'into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1 when the contents of the can are discharged through the spout.

per end'of the measure, the inner edge (if.

said rim constituting the filling line of. the can and being parallel with the bottom of the qan.

2. Ameasuring can comprising a measure,

means whereby liquid may be drawn from the can when in upright position, a half round rim formed on the upper'end of said measure, said rim termlnating 1n a downwardly extending edge forming the filling line of said measure. I

- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, 30th day of January, 1919'.

JENNIE A. H-oYT.

California, this 

